Stopping HIV Without a Vaccine
Jared Baeten is senior vice president in virology at Gilead Sciences. Jared’s problem is this: In a world without a vaccine, how do you make a medicine that people will…
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Memorial Day, 2020 | Part 1
Five years ago the entire world watched Derek Chauvin murder George Floyd. What did we miss? Get ad-free episodes to Revisionist History by subscribing to Pushkin+ on Apple Podcasts or…
The Black Keys
The Black Keys are gearing up to release their latest album, No Rain, No Flowers. The Akron, Ohio duo consisting of Dan Auerbach on lead vocals and guitar, and Patrick…
Harnessing People Around us to Feel Happier (Live with Ethan Kross)
Hell is other people. They can upset us, depress us and infuriate us. Their bad moods can bring us down. And their achievements can make us feel like failures. But…
Would You Trust a Gangster Nanny? – Cautionary Questions with Rachel Botsman
Do we trust our fitness trackers too much? How do fraudsters gain our faith? Why do people trust podcasters? And would you trust a drug dealing nanny with a tambourine?…
Harnessing the Heat Deep Beneath Our Feet
Carlos Araque is the co-founder and CEO of Quaise Energy. Carlos’ problem is this: How do you make drilling for geothermal energy as routine, widespread, and profitable as drilling for…
How Trump is Getting the Game Theory Wrong
This week, Nate and Maria discuss Trump’s tariffs and analyze his strategy from a game theory perspective. They get into the difference between zero-sum and cooperative games, speculate on how…
Tunde Adebimpe
Tunde Adebimpe is a creative powerhouse. He’s a cartoonist, a painter, a director, a Hollywood actor, and for the past 20 years, he’s been the lead singer of the band…
How to Find Your Purpose
What’s your purpose? Jordan Grumet thought that becoming a doctor would give his life meaning and direction… but he was wrong. He spent his days doing things he didn’t really…
The case against ‘feeling your feelings’
Psychologist Ethan Kross wants us to stop thinking about our emotions as either good or bad. Emotions carry valuable information, he says, and they are signals that can help us…
Lights, Camera, Tax Break
When Ernest Borgnine gets his big break in Hollywood, he can hardly believe his luck. But soon he discovers his supposed star vehicle, Marty, is not the dream gig he…
Thinking Smart About Low-Probability Events
This week, Nate and Maria discuss the asteroid that had a 3% chance of colliding with Earth. That risk is now closer to 0%—but, what does this example reveal about…